Lush foliage of dark-green bitter gourds, tender okra, drumsticks, tomatoes, many varieties of beans and tubers such as yam and tapioca, turmeric, garlic and ginger. All on a terrace! And that too on a four-storey building amid high-rises.

The urban farming startup ecosystem could be worth $1billion in India in the next two to four years and will become essential due to environmental concerns. In a few years, India will see progressive state governments ensuring that homeowners use their roofs for either urban farming or generating solar energy.

Rooftop Organic Farming will become more and more popular in times to come because of the following reasons:

Each house would not only become self-sustainable in producing its own healthy food, it could also generate CARBON CREDITS as it is a highly water-efficient and very low-energy farming system that we have created.

People will soon realize that 70% of the money that they pay for a kg of vegetable is the cost of transporting it and the cost of wastage on the way.

Farmers will stop growing vegetables as the water-table around the cities goes down.

Cancer in adults, neurological disorders in elders and allergies in children will take epidemic proportions.

By growing Fresh vegetables on the rooftop, we cover the un-utilized rooftops with a natural green cover which will significantly bring down the temperature of the building thus reducing the power consumption of the building.

The containers used for growing organic veg on rooftop can be used for catching the rainwater and harvesting it.

THE WAY FORWARD – GROW ORGANIC VEG ON ROOFTOP!

PORTABLE ROOFTOP ORGANIC FARMING KITS will enable a house to do the following: